A developer and several community supporters continue advocating for an industrial mixed-use rezoning initiative, I-Mix, that could transform perpetually vacant land along the 22nd Street corridor in St. Petersburg into a thriving, walkable neighborhood.
During the early 1900s, railroads helped fuel growth in the burgeoning city. A wide swath of land surrounding the long-discarded. tracks, sandwiched between the Grand Central and Warehouse Arts Districts, and leading up to the Deuces Live Corridor, remains classified for industrial use only. Many surrounding lots are vacant or underutilized, even as city stakeholders bemoan the lack of available space to keep up with growth and demand.
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